Understand Unemployment Insurance Issues

The National UI Issues Conference takes place June 20–22 in Denver. The conference, presented by UWC–Strategic Services on Unemployment and Workers’ Compensation, explores the major unemployment insurance issues that businesses face every day.

ASA government affairs counsel Toby Malara will join Lisa Harris, director of accounting for TrueBlue, and Matt Harvill, vice president for unemployment at Kelly Services, to facilitate a workshop on UI issues that staffing firms face. They will focus on best practices in forecasting state unemployment tax costs, and how firms can communicate with, educate, and prepare their clients for rising costs. For more information and to register, visit uwcstrategy.org.

The four-week rolling average for staffing employment edged up from 99.2 in October to 99.4 in November, rising to the highest value for any month in nearly three years, according to the ASA Staffing Index. Temporary and contract staffing employment in November was 1.6% higher than the same month last year. Read more about the... See the Staffing Stat ›

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